Eritrean troops besiege mutineers in Asmara: diplomats

Eritrean President Isaias Afeworki has ruled the Horn of Africa nation with an iron grip from independence in 1993/XINHUA-File

NAIROBI, Jan 21 – Eritrean army tanks besieged the information ministry in central Asmara on Monday after some 200 mutineers seized the building to call for political reform, diplomatic and diaspora sources said on Monday.